Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board has remanded several issues including service connection for various eye and hip/knee disorders, as well as increased ratings for sleep apnea and left knee disabilities. The TDIU issue is also being remanded.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and rating issues due to inadequate substantive appeals.

The Veteran's claim for PTSD service connection is granted. The Board also finds that the Veteran has hypertension, but remands to obtain a medical opinion on whether it is related to herbicide exposure or his service-connected PTSD.

The Board has granted TDIU effective January 12, 2009. The claim for service connection for hypertension is remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's hypertension is related to his active service and granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran. The effective date of the award of service connection for hypertension is denied as it does not meet the criteria set forth in 38 C.F.R. § 4.104.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for vision problems, fatigue, COPD, degenerative disc disease, headaches, and neurobehavioral effects including trouble relaxing and short tempered have been dismissed. The appeal for TDIU is remanded.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for ulcers, left knee condition, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, left wrist condition, and migraines due to new and material evidence. The claims are remanded for further development including obtaining medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for hypertension, renal cancer, prostate cancer, and erectile dysfunction due to in-service herbicide exposure. The reasons include new findings by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine regarding a possible association between hypertension and Agent Orange exposure.

The Veteran's hypertension is rated at a 10 percent disability rating, effective from the date of this decision.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and remanded the TDIU claim due to its inextricability from the hypertension claim.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted due to the combined effects of his service-connected disabilities, which render him unemployable.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and an addendum opinion regarding the Veteran's migraines, as the previous opinions were inadequate.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cause of death due to dementia, renal cell carcinoma, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, and pneumonia. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to service or herbicide exposure.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for ischemic heart disease and ocular hypertension as secondary to ischemic heart disease due to potential in-service exposure, but no specific evidence or basis is provided.

The Veteran's cause of death is remanded for further investigation into the etiology of his coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease. The Board will seek additional information regarding potential exposure to Agent Orange during service.

Service connection for bilateral hearing loss and hypertension has been denied.,The Veteran's hernia diagnoses are remanded due to the possibility of secondary service connection.

The Veteran's service connection claims for COPD, CAD, atrial fibrillation, and hypertension are being remanded due to the need to associate missing records with the file.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to missing treatment records. The claims will be reconsidered with consideration of whether his conditions are related to exposure at Camp Lejeune.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hypertension, Hepatitis C, a skin rash in his groin area, amebiasis, and a skin rash on his right ankle due to insufficient medical evidence. The cases are being returned for further development.